Soy bean attachment



- Oct. 5, 1937. H. J. HARNISCH SOY BEAN ATTACHMENT 2 Shets-Sheet 1 FiledApril 12, 1937 ATTORNEYS N JYenWyJfi'bWmZJc/QMENTOR Oct. 5, 1937. H. J.HARNISCH SOY BEAN ATTACHMENT Filed April 12, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 r kNIEPTQR IVJ I 5 Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line machine.The pivot pins 26 connected to the 55 Patentecl oct. 5, 1937 r r i V k jUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE o it 2,095,189 I 7 soy BEAN ATTACHMENT"Henry J. Harnisch, Ionia,'Iowa Application April 12, 1937, Serial No.136,408

. 3 Claims. (Cl. 56-312) The invention relates to an attachment for 22of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the grain binder machinery andmore especially to a arrows.

soy bean gathering attachment for such ma-- Figure 3 is a sectional viewon the line 3-3 of chinery. Figure 2. 5 p The primary object of theinvention is the pro- Similar reference characters indicate corre- 5vision of an attachment'of this character, wherespending partsthroughout ,the several views in in the same involves the forwardlyinclined gaththe drawings. V

' ering fingers, these having associated therewith Referring to thedrawings in detail, A desigslides carrying tines so that when the bindermahates generally a portion of the frame supporting 1 chinery isadvanced through a field the soy beans atraveling apron B of a bindermachine of conwill be picked up by the gathering fingers and ventionaltype while C denotes the sickle which the slides with the tines thereonwill feed the is disposed at the fore side of the frame A as is beantops straight with a sickle so that such usual. Suitably mounted on thisframe A are bean plants standing withina field will be sevthe spacedforwardly inclined gathering fingers ered by the sickle and deliveredonto the binder I0 which include perpendicular panels or side 15conveyor or apron for subsequent binding operawalls H, these being fixedto supports l2 betion by the machinery, thereby enabling the sucneathand fixed to the said frame A. Attached cessful gathering of the soybeans while growing to the upper edges of the panels or walls H are andthe cutting of the beans on the advancement the downwardly convergentguide boards [3.

of the binder machinery. On the inner faces of the panels or walls H 20Another object of the invention is the proare opposed pairs of spacedupper and lower vision of an attachment of this character, wheretracksl4 having interfitted therewith feeders in in the feeders inassociation'with the gathering the fo m of slides 15 Carrying teeth 0tines l5 fingers for the soy beans are operated in a novel so thatgrowing soy beans when entering between manner. the gathering fingers IEwill be fed'rearwardly 25 A further object of the invention is theprothereof for the straightening of the same on vision of an attachmentof this character, which application to the sickle C which cuts orsevers eliminates a necessity for material alteration in the beans fordelivery onto the apron B of the the binder machinery and in the use ofsuch atbinder mach ne.

tachment soy beans can be gathered and cut The gathering fingers l0 aresuperposed at their 30 when standing in a field, the gathering andfeedrear elevated ends with respect to the apron B ing operation beingautomatic and operative on and the sickle C and one of these fingersjoins the advancement of the bindermachinery through at its real end t a'leerwerdly inclined the field. tension l1 overhanging for a distancetheapron 5 v A still further object of the invention is the B carried bythe frame A and this extension has 5 provision of an attachment of thischaracter, e P Of tracks intelfitted With a feeder which is simple inits construction, readily apin the form of a slide [9 havin theteethplied to the apron frame of a bindermachine, tines 20 similarly to theteeth or tines IS on thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation,authe Slides l5.

tomatic in the working thereof, and inexpensive Carried at the e S e ofthe frame A and at 40 to a uf tu e and instaul V o opposite sides of thecompanion gathering fingers With these and other objects in view, theII] next to the rear ends thereof are suitable bearvention consists in.the features of construction; ings y g journaled therein the Stud axles22 A 1 combination and arrangement of parts as will be 9 eccelltrlcdisks 23 fixedh f c disk 23 hereinafter more fully described,illustrated in 15 P w Wlth an ecqentrlc pm or Plvot to 45 r wh ch Isconnected 'a link 25, these links being the accompanying drawings, whichdisclose the t 26 h f ferred embodiment of the inventionand pointpwo 5by mm t 6 t constltuted by pm d d V the slides l5. Theeccentric pins 24are oppoed out m the C1a'1ms hereunt9 e? 8 sitely set with relation toeach other on the disks In the acfmmpanymg drawmgs' 23 so that onmovement of one slide l5 the other 50 Figure 1 1S fragmentary plan V1ewthe 'slide travels reversely thereto and in this manner apron frame ofabinder machine with a sickle the soy beans will be positively fedrearwardly' and the attachment constructed in accordance between thgathering fingers [0 for severance with the invention in association.by'the sickle C on the advancement of the binder slides l5 work in guideslots 21 formed in the panels or walls I I of said gathering arms. Theeccentric pin 24 next to the extension I! has connected therewith a link28 which through the pivot pin 29 is connected with the slide l 8 sothat the latter is reciprocated in the extension and thus carrying thesevered beans onto the apron B of the binder machine while the saidmachine is advanced over a field.

A driving shaft 30 suitably journaled at 3| through a separable coupling32 has connection with a power shaft of the binder machine, a portion ofthis shaft being indicated at 33. The shaft 30 has sprocket and chainconnections 34 and 35, respectively, with the stud axles 2-2 of theeccentric disk 23 and in this manner the feeders or slides 15 and I9 areoperated. The pivot 29 connected with the slide I9 operates in a slot 36provided in the extension IT. The beans are gathered between thegathering fingers l whence such beans are acted upon by the slides lfeeding the same to the sickle C and thence the slide I9- delivers thesevered beans onto the apron B of the binder machine when the latter isadvanced over a field.

What is claimed is:

1. In an attachment of the kind described, the combination of gatheringfingers associated with a sickle and apron of a binder machine, tracksbuilt on said fingers and extending in reverse directions to each other,one of said tracks being projected and inclined forwardly of themachine, all of said tracks being laterally spaced from each other andin parallel relation to one another, slides operating upon said tracksand having teeth, and driven eccentrics having linkage with said slidesand operating the same reversely to each other.

2. In an attachment of the kind described, the combination of gatheringfingers associated with a sickle and apron of a binder machine, tracksbuilt on said fingers and extending in reverse directions to each other,one of said tracks being projected and inclined forwardly of themachine, all of said tracks being laterally spaced from each other and.in parallel relation to one another, slides operating upon said tracksand having teeth, driven eccentrics having linkage with said slides andoperating the same reversely to each other, an overhanging extensionwith relation to the apron at the rear end of one of said fingers,tracks on said extension, a slide operating upon the track and havingteeth, and a connection between one of said eccentrics and thelast-mentioned slide for operating the same.

3. In an attachment of the kind described, the combination of gatheringfingers associated with a sickle and apron of a binder machine, tracksbuilt on said fingers and extending in reverse directions to each other,one of said tracks being projected and inclined forwardly of themachine, all of said tracks being laterally spaced from each other andin parallel relation to one another, slides operating upon said tracksand having teeth, driven eccentrics having linkage with said slides andoperating the same reversely to each other, an overhanging extensionwith relation to the apron at the rear end of one of said fingers,tracks on said extension, a slide operating upon the track and havingteeth. and a connection between one of said eccentrics and thelast-mentioned slide for operating the same, the said gathering fingersbeing disposed above and inclined forwardly with relation to the sickle.

HENRY J. HARNISCH.

